Raising a statue to honour one of the most significant victories in the history of Christendom would fuel “hatred” and “anti-Islamic” sentiment, a leftist Vienna councillor has argued.
Following a gruelling two month siege over the summer, the Ottoman forces of Kara Mustafa Pasha had nearly breached the walls of Vienna. Remarkably, in the nick of time, a relief force of around 80,000 soldiers riding under the banner of Polish King John III Sobieski swept down from Kahlenberg Mountain on September 12, 1683, in one of the largest cavalry charges ever, with Sobieski’s Winged Hussars leading the charge, vanquishing and routing the Islamic army…
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